10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECENTRIX»
Discover the use of
precentrix in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
precentrix and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Apropos of the biographical sketch in another column of Precentor Dr. Troutbeck,
it may not be without interest to refer to the use of the unfamiliar term " Precentrix,"
the feminine of Precentor, and who is, or was, a female leader of a choir.
2
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record ...
Simple protection, for one year, for Philip de Sauceyo, parson of the church of
Buttewrth. Aug. 31. Clemencia de Balliolo, precentrix, and Nicholas Deyncurt,
sacristan, of Down Amney. the monastery of St. Mary, Elnestowe by Bedford,
bringing ...
Great Britain. Public Record Office, 1895
3
The Bethrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders
The abbess, without further answer, called on her precentrix, and desired her to
command her niece's attendance immediately. The precentrix bowed reverently,
and withdrew. "May I presume to inquire," said De Lacy, "whether the Lady ...
Sir Walter Scott, Andrew Lang, 1894
4
Waverley Novels: The Betrothed ; and, The Talisman
The abbess, without further answer, called on her precentrix, and desired her to
command her niece's attendance immediately. The precentrix bowed reverently,
and withdrew. " May I presume to inquire," said De Lacy, "whether the Lady ...
5
The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Peveril of the peak, ...
... to fear, I will go to Palestine the better soldier of Heaven, that I shall have little
left on earth that can interest me.” The abbess, without farther answer, called on
her precentrix, and desired her to command her niece's attendance immediately.
6
St. Gilbert of Sempringham: 1089-1189
The library of the priory was in the keeping of the nuns, and in the special charge
of the precentrix, whose work corresponded with that of the precentor in the
Benedictine monasteries. This office is described by Abbot Gasquet in the
following ...
7
Woman under monasticism: chapters on saint-lore and convent ...
We also hear in the women's house of a librarian (' precentrix ' '), who had the
keys of the book-case (' armarium '), which was kept locked except during
reading time when the nuns were allowed the use of the books. There was to be
no ...
8
Peveril Of The Peak. St. Ronan's Well. Redgauntlet. Tales Of ...
The abbess, without farther answer, called on her precentrix, and desired her to
command her niece's attendance immediately. The precentrix bowed reverently,
and withdrew. “ May I presume to inquire,” said De Lacy, “ whether the Indy ...
The abbess, without further answer, called on her precentrix, and desired her to
command her niece's attendance immediately. The precentrix bowed reverently,
and withdrew. " May I presume to inquire," said De Lacy, "whether the Lady ...
Sir Walter Scott, Andrew Lang, 1894
10
British Monachism: Or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and ...
When the Precentrix served in the Kitchen (says the Gilbertine Rule), her
companion had the key of the Book-case, which was locked always, except in
Reading-time. She and her companion, in the first Sunday of Lent, when the
Chapter was ...
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, 1817
